morning all - thanks for the coffee Shad.
I believe that it has since been revised to limit it for 6 months. And to his credit, Boris is still using parliamentary procedures; he has not (yet, at least) gone down the 'declare an emergency' route to simply assume dictatorial powers, which is how so many other countries are doing it. Of course it may come to that sooner or later.
). Most of the shelves had something on them, if not necessarily a recognizable brand, or the range of varieties we're used to, but only flour and rice and semi-skimmed milk were completely absent amongst the things on my list. Dried pasta was all gone too. But there was every type of fresh meat, in limited quantities, and some fish. And all of it had considerably longer use-by dates than usual - one of the upsides to depleted stocks 
Rationing was in evidence on a number of lines. I guess (and logic dictates) that the decline in the hospitality industry must be to some extent matched by the rise in the food production, -manufacturing and -retailing sector. Those who were eating out must be eating at home now. Anyway, I think we're set for at least a week now 
